(e)mergent Voyageurs

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After more than two years of writing here at (e)mergent Vouageurs, I have decided to retire the blog for good. I cannot overstate how significant this blog has been to me, both personally and in ministry. There are many people who I now consider dear friends who I might otherwise not have met. I have had the chance to speak, both virtually and in the flesh, to people all over the world, learning from them as much (and probably more) than they from me. It has been really good.

However, this does not mean I am leaving the blogosphere. In fact, after this short blogging break I have been on, I will start blogging right away at my new site, A Living Alternative (with a far easier to remember URL, www.missional.blog.com). With the last few months of stress and uncertainty (which is by no means completely resolved), I have felt a need to make a clean start, embracing a new perspective and approach for life and ministry. In keeping with this, I thought a new site would help with this new beginning.

I should also say that this shift of blogs is not an attempt to distance myself from the emerging church. I hope my site will still engage the conversation as much (if not more) than ever. However, as a good friend recently encouraged me, the personal is the universal. What I mean is that at the same time as I hope to explore faith and missionality including and beyond that emerging church, I also want to write more intentionally from my own context and experience. To this end, I thought a blog with a less explicit focus would be a better approach.

So, I want to thank everyone who has faithfully read and commented here at (e)mergent Voyageurs. I truly hope you will continue to share the journey with me over at A Living Alternative. I would love it if you would add my new blog to your blogroll and help get the word out. Remember, the blog can be found at www.missional.blog.com.

Pax et Bonum!
Jamie Arpin-Ricci